Puerto Rico - Day 2

Today was an adventure. We left our hotel at about 9 AM and picked up our rental car. It was right across the street from our hotel. We then headed to El Yunque rain forest for some hiking and exploring. We did a 1.6 mile round trip hike to a beautiful, big waterfall. I swam in the pools around the fall. Chad didn't have his suit on so he didn't go in. It was fun and I felt tough. After we hiked out we drove through the rest of the forest then headed to Fajardo. Our intent was to find Seven Seas beach. We found it but it was not easy and when we got there it was almost completely deserted. There was a parking lot there that we were supposed to park in but it was empty. It looked like it had been abandoned about 35 years ago. We went to the beach and there was no one. I was waiting for zombies to come out of the trees and eat us. That's how creepy it was. We didn't stick around. Instead we headed to Luquillo beach in Luquillo. Thank goodness we found that. It was beautiful. It is lined with palm trees. The waves are small and calm. The sand is so fine even in the ocean. There are no rocks. There were people but not not very many. It has been overcast but not cold. It was that way today while swimming. The water was cold for about 2 seconds and then it was so nice. We swam and relaxed on the beach. By this time it was about 4 PM and we had not eaten all day, so we headed to the kioskos by the beach for some local food. We had mofongo con camarones, pollo empanada, and a friend plaintain filled with beef (I can't remember the spanish name. The mofongo is mashed plaintaines mixed with garlic then formed into a mold and filled with something, in our case shrimp and a yummy sauce. The fried plaintain with carne was the best though. It was home after that. We are tried and doing nothing tonight...oh, of course we had to go get our free drinks from the hotel. Well, Chad did. I don't like them. We are heading to the caves tomorrow and the west coast beaches. We are working on snorkeling on Monday on an island off the east side and kayaking the bio bay at night. More to come.